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In the fields of Lincoln's Inn

DMI number:
39648
First Line:
In the fields of Lincoln's Inn
Last Line:
Both the shepherds soundly tired
Poem Genre / Form:
Octet abbacdcd and Lyric
Themes:
Sex and bawdy humour
Related People
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Vieth (1962, p.228): ‘probably by Charles Sedley. See ARP pp.87, 172-74, 404-05, and Gyldenstolpe, p.339’. ODNB: “The indecent lyric ‘In the fields of Lincoln's Inn’ is more likely to be by him than by Rochester.” (doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25021).
Content/Publication
Title:
The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]
Page No(s):
pp.229-230
Poem Title:
The Insatiable.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed